Cigar holder and ash receptacle



Feb. 4, w c HlERlNG 1,745,761

CIGAR HOLDER AND ASH RECEPTACLE Filed Jan. 22, 1926 IENR.

ATTORN EY Patented Feb. 4, 1 9 30 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM G. HIERING, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO J. E. MERGOTT 00., F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE CIGAR HOLDER AND ASH RECEP'IACLE Applieation'filed. January 22, 1926. Serial No. 82,944,

- holder and ash receptacle, comprising an upper and a lower shell, the lower shell at its upper edge being provided with holding means, and the upper shell at its lower edge being provided with locking means, said locking means having locking engagement with said holding means.

The upper shell is further provided with an aperture in which is pivotallymounted a dish shaped tray composed of separate half portions, said half portions being preferably provided with suitable extensions by means of which they are pivotally connected to integral apertured lugs extending upwardly fromsaid shell and in close proximity to the aperture therein.

The said half portions are also provided at their outer edges with upwardly and outwardly projecting extensions acting in the double capacity as handlesfor manipulating said half portions and between which cigars or cigarettes may be placed;

The lower shell, preferably in the center I. thereof, is provided with means for deflecting or spreading the burntmatches, cigar stumps or ashes evenly in the bottom of said shell, thus preventing the same from accumulating or piling up in the center, as is common in the type of ash trays now in use.

The principal object of this invention, therefore,.is to produce a cigar holder and ash receptacle, for the purposes above enumerated, which shall be neat inappearance,

I and shall be of 'a simple, strongand durable construction, thus providing. a device consisting of but .two parts, said parts being of such shape as to lend themselves readily to manufacture by the use of suitable punches and dies from ordinary sheet metal, and can be readily and conveniently taken apart for the purpose of removing the ashes, burnt matches, etc., and then again assembled.

My present inventon therefore consists in the novel construction of a combined cigar holder and ash receptacle embodying the principles hereinabove mentioned, and of a character to be more fully described in the following specification.

This invention consists furthermore in'the several novel arrangements and combinations of the various parts, as well as in the details of construction of the same, all of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims which are appended to this specification.

The invention is fully illustrated in the ac companying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents, a plan view of the preferred form of my improved device.

Figure 2 represents, aside elevation, partly in section.

Figure 3 represents, a fragmentary bottom view of the lower shell.

Figure 4represents, a fragmentary section of the upper shell illustrating the manner in which the half portions are pivotally secured thereto.

Figure 5 represents a plan View of the same.

Figure 6 represents, a perspective view illustrating the apertured lug on the upper shell and the pivotal connection on the half portions of the dish-shaped tray.

Figure 7 represents, a side elevation, partly insection, of a modified form of the device.

Figure 8 represents a fragmentary sectional elevation of the lower shell provided with a further modification of the spreader.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference character 1 indicates the complete device, which consistsessentially of an upper and lower shell, namely, the lower ash receptacle 2, and the uppershell 3, secured to said ash receptaclein a manner hereinafter described.

- A dish-shaped trayjcomposed of separate half portions is pivotally mounted upon up- Wardly ex ending ape tured l g gh 7 the lower shell or ash receptacle 2.

The lower shell or ash receptacle 2 is formed, as shown in the drawings, of a single piece of suitable sheet metal, the circumferen tial'edge being provided with a plurality of integral ears 4, extending outwardly therefrom, said ears 4 being preferably four in number to correspond with the recesses 5 formed in the inturned flange 6, which is located on the lower circumferential edge of the upper shell, said flange forming a. guide for centering said holder 3 on the ash receptacle 2.

The integral ears 4 on the ash receptacle are designed to enter the recesses 5 formed in the flange 6, so that when the sections are turned in opposite directions, the ears will have frictional engagement with said flange and will.

be interlocked therein and guided thereby,

thus securely locking the two sections together and preventing accidental separation there-of. The upper shell 3 is provided with an upwardly extending raised portion 7 provided with an aperture 8 and further provided with diametrically oppositely arranged upwardly extending apertured lugs 9-9 designed to receive the extensions 10 formed on the half portions 11, and by means of which said half portions of the dish-shaped tray are pivotally secured to the holder 3.

These apertured lugs 99 are pierced from the raised portion 7 of the holder 3 in such a manner as to provide stops 12 against which the squared portion 13 of the half portions 11 abut when in an open position, as clearly indicated in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, to limit the upward movement thereof. 7

Arranged along the upper and outer circumferential edge of the half portions 11 and formed integral therewith are extensions 14 acting in the double capacity as handles for manipulating said half portions and betwcen which cigarettesor cigars may be located,

as indicated in dotted lines in Figure l of the drawing. The lower shell or ash receptacle 2 in its preferred form is provided in the center thereof with integral means 15 for deflecting or spreading the burnt matches, cigar stumps or ashes evenly in the bottom ofsaid shell, thereby preventing the same from accumulating or piling up in the center, as is common in the type of ash trays now in use. The spreading means may be asillustrate-d, in the nature of an inwardly extending cone, formed integrally with the bottom shell, or may consist of a conical post 16 suitablysecured to the inside of the shell, or as illustrated in Figure 7, it may consist of aninwardly extending tube 17 provided'with a closed end 18 which may be utilized as a snubber for extinguishing the lighted end of a cigarette.

In Figure 7 I have shown the half portions 11'of the dish-shaped tray provided with downwardly extending elements 19 which may be of any desired shape or configuration, the purpose of which is to facilitate, when the half portions are moved upwardly, the pushing away of the accumulated or piled up ashes, burnt matches, and the like, from the center of the ash receptacle 2.

The operation of my device is readilyseen from the drawings. By lifting either one or both of the extensions 14 of the two separable half portions of the tray, they are caused to tilt in opposite directions and deposit their pose of cleaning them or putting them together after they have been separated.

Experience has demonstrated that the organization above described is a highly efficient one, and whileI have'shown the preferred embodiment of my present invention, I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as obvious modifications thereof, not involving the exercise of invention, may be made by any skilled mechanic, and such departures from scope and terms of my claims.

Having thus described-my invention, what I claim as new and desire to'secure'by LettersPatent, is: I

A combined cigar holder and ash receptacle comprising upper and lower separable shells, a tray having sectionseach pivoted at their ends to the upper shell on spaced axes, a spreading device consisting of aninwardly what is herein set forth, I consider within the extending cone integral with the lower shell, V

and a snubber arranged on the upper'end of said spreading device, said snubber becoming accesslble upon separation of said tray sec-' tions.

This specification signed and witnessed this I I January, l926.

19th day of I :1 WILLIAM C. HIERING.

its 

